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Panasonic starts P2 part-ex campaign
Equipment dealers are being offered the chance to ‘part-ex’ their old cameras against the price of a new Panasonic P2 Varicam camcorder.
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BSkyB CEO Darroch awarded 19% pay rise
Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of BSkyB, was given a 19% pay rise last year and earned more than £2.3m.
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Racing UK to resume subscriptions
Horse racing channel Racing UK will start taking subscriptions again from 10 August following Setanta Sports’ entry into administration earlier this year.
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C4 scraps heap from Scrapheap Challenge
Channel 4 is to drop the scrapheap from Scrapheap Challenge in a bid to slash costs on the long-running show.
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Laycock quits Radio 2 after "disputes"
BBC Radio 2’s long standing Sunday night presenter Malcolm Laycock has quit the station after 14 years following a series of “long-running disputes”.
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Inbetweeners gets third series
Comedy indie Bwark has won a third series order for its E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners.
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Discovery appoints Sky exec as first COO
Discovery Networks EMEA has hired BSkyB’s business development manager David Rey for the newly-created post of chief operating officer.
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BBC slammed for low Edinburgh turnout
The BBC has come under fire for a “bizarre” decision to send fewer staff to the month-long Edinburgh Festival than it did to Scotland’s three-day pop event, T in the Park.
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Sky Sports escapes fine
Sky Sports 1 has escaped a fine from regulator Ofcom over phone vote errors on Soccer AM and Cricket AM.
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ITV shares hold up despite pension problems
ITV’s share price held up well today despite reports that the broadcaster’s pension deficit has surged to around £500m.
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One Show given hour-long episode
BBC1 is to show a 60-minute episode of The One Show each week from September after trialling the format back in May.
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BBC defends Hunt in conflict of interest row
The BBC has leapt to the defence of BBC1 controller Jay Hunt, saying it approved her links to a media firm which trains the corporation’s own presenters.
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Vaizey: Tories will sell off Radio 1
Ed Vaizey has proposed that the BBC should be forced to sell Radio 1 to the highest commercial bidder.
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Andre to present masterclass at Edinburgh
Pop star Peter Andre is to co-present a masterclass at the Edinburgh International TV Festival on the making of a fly-on-the-wall reality series.
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Rushes Soho Shorts winners unveiled
The organisers of the Rushes Soho Shorts have announced the eight winners of this year’s film competition.
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Boomerang wins £12m S4C contract
Welsh indie Boomerang has received a timely boost by securing a three-year contract with S4C worth £12m.
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BBC reveals new local news plans
The BBC is to overhaul its local TV and radio services as an alternative to its rejected proposal for on-demand local video news services.
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Joce Capper on the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
Rushes managing director Joce Capper offers up her take on the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, which reached its climax last week.
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ESPN team shapes up for new season
Jon Champion, Mark Chapman and Kenny Dalglish’s daughter Kelly are joining ESPN as its commentary and presenting teams for the new season take shape.
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Shed upbeat despite downturn
Shed Media suffered a dip in global drama sales for the first half of 2009 but is still outperforming last year in terms of production revenues and pre-tax profit.